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Luis Bracamontes, the man convicted in the killings of two Northern California sheriff's deputies, was sentenced to the death penalty Wednesday by a Sacramento County judge.

Bracamontes, who was not in court when the judge read the sentencing, received two death sentences in two counts related to the killings of Sacramento County sheriff's Deputy Danny Oliver and Placer County sheriff's Detective Mike Davis.

"There's no joy in it. It's certainly not in equity, right? You can't trade his life for that of two officers. There's no comparison in that," Jones said. "As I said when he was convicted, that was the first step in the journey towards justice. You know, this is certainly another big step. There's still some journey left, and true justice won't come until the imposition of that sentence that he earned."

We are very grateful for the jury’s decision to sentence Luis Bracamontes to death for the murders of Det Michael Davis Jr. & Dep Danny Oliver. It is a just decision fitting for his crimes.

Sam Wood, 56, was juror No. 3 for Bracamontes' sentencing. He called Bracamontes' crime spree horrific and said there was no other option for the convicted killer.

"The facts were laid out very well on both sides, but from the standpoint of the aggravating parts of this case, there was nothing we could find that justified, in any way, any other outcome than what we came up with," Wood said. "We chose the verdict that for us matched the offenses that he committed."

Wood said there was some initial disagreement during deliberations about recommending the death penalty, but they eventually arrived at their unanimous decision.

"It wasn't like we got in there and everybody agreed to one outcome or another right away," he said. "So, we did work at it and there was some, you know, talking back and forth about some of the facts and things of that sort."

Defense attorneys, who declined to comment after verdict, argued that Bracamontes was mentally ill and high on methamphetamine during the shootings and should be spared. A judge found Bracamontes competent to stand trial and he refused to plead not guilty by reason of insanity.